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Black out (AUDIO)

May 10, 2010 By
State Rep. Spencer Black (IMAGE: WRN)

State Rep. Spencer Black (IMAGE: WRN)

State Representative Spencer Black says he won’t be seeking reelection this fall. The veteran Madison Democrat is coming off a major disappointment, as the legislature failed to take up the Clean Energy Jobs Act on which he was a lead author. “I think it was a big mistake not to pass the clean energy bill, the state really needs that,” said Black. “But that really didn’t influence my decision. It was a personal decision, one I’d been thinking about for a long time.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environment & Conservation, Politics & Government

Honored teacher sees challenges (AUDIO)

May 10, 2010 By

A Wisconsin teacher who’s been honored nationally sees plenty of challenges as budgets shrink. Leah Lechleiter-Luke, Wisconsin’s Teacher of the Year and Mauston High School language teacher, says her small rural district is facing the same sorts of fiscal challenges as districts across the state. With about 120 full time teaching staff, six to eight are currently facing layoffs. “To lose that percentage . . . is devastating,” says Lechleiter-Luke. Lechleiter-Luke says the Mauston School District is in its third year of $500,000 budget cuts, and up until now, teacher cuts have been made by not replacing retirees. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education

Knights win North Division baseball title

May 10, 2010 By

The St. Norbert College Green Knights swept a doubleheader from Lawrence University 15-8 and 7-6 on Sunday evening at Fox Cities Stadium.  The win gave the Green Knights their fifth Midwest Conference North Division championship in the last six years.

St. Norbert College will face Illinois College in an MWC Tournament first-round game on Friday at Grinnell.

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One cool moment

May 10, 2010 By

In sports and life in general for that matter, things are the way they’re meant to be. 

That was the sad reality for Dallas Braden when his mother Jodie Atwood died of skin cancer when he was a high school senior.

On Sunday, Dallas Braden, now a starting pitcher with the Oakland A’s, pitched the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history.  Braden held the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays without a hit or a walk for 9-innings, and he did it on Mothers Day.

The lefty pointed to the sky in honor of his mother.  He then shared a long and tearful embrace with his grandmother, Peggy Lindsey, who helped finish raising him.

Mothers Day can no longer be an easy day for Dallas Braden.  He can only cherish the moments he once had.  But Sunday’s perfect game, with his grandmother there to watch it, was certainly a great way to say I love you mom.  I’m guessing she was looking down on her son the whole time.

Filed Under: Sports

Immigrants fearing Census participation

May 10, 2010 By

The new Arizona law against illegal immigration has at least some Wisconsin Hispanics wondering if they really want to be counted in this year’s Census, according to Veronica Lazo, who’s with a group that’s trying to get as many Latinos counted as possible in the Madison area.

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Filed Under: Politics & Government
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